French Genealogical Word List: Difference between revisions

<br>d’=of<br>dame=lady<br>dans=in<br>de=of, from, out<br>décapité=decapitated<br>décédé=the deceased<br>décembre=December<br>décennal(e)=decennial<br>décennie=decade<br>décès=death, deaths<br>déclarant=informant<br>déclaré=declared, stated<br>décrépitude=old age<br>défunt(e)=deceased<br>dehors=outside<br>de la=of the, some<br>demain=tomorrow<br>demeurant=living at<br>demi=half<br>demi frère=stepbrother, half brother<br>demi soeur=stepsister, half sister<br>demoiselle=Miss (of well-to-do parents, may be a married woman)<br>département=department (French “county” since 1790)<br>depuis=since<br>derniers sacrements=last rites<br>des=of the, some<br>desdits=of the said (pl.)<br>dessous=lower, below<br>dessus=above<br>deux=two<br>deuxième=second<br>devant=in front of<br>devenir=to become<br>devoir=should<br>d’hier=yesterday’s<br>dictionnaire=dictionary<br>dictionnaire des communes=gazetteer<br>dimanche=Sunday<br>dîme=tithing<br>diocèse=diocese<br>dispense=exemption, dispensation<br>dit(e) (ditte)=said, also known as, aforementioned<br>divers(e)=various<br>divorcé(e)=divorced<br>dix=ten<br>dix-huit=eighteen<br>dix-huitième=eighteenth<br>dixième=tenth<br>dix-neuf=nineteen<br>dix-neuvième=nineteenth<br>dix-sept=seventeen<br>dix-septième=seventeenth<br>domaine=estate<br>domestique=servant girl, maid<br>domicile=home, residence, domicile<br>donné=given<br>donner=to give<br>dons=donations<br>dont=of whom, of which<br>double=duplicate record<br>douze=twelve<br>douzième=twelfth<br>droguiste=druggist<br>droit(e)=right<br>du=of the, some<br>duc=duke<br>duché=duchy<br>duchesse=duchess<br>durant=during<br>

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